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CHARLES E. PIERCE, on CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,830, dated May' 9, 1882.

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Be it known that I, CHARLES F. PIERCE, aV citizen of the United States, residing at Ghicago, inthe county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, haveinvented certain llew alid useful Improvements in Refrigerator-Cars, which are referencebeinghad tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a transverse section of a car containing my improvement; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a part of the ice-pan Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectionof a portion ofthe car, taken on the line x w in Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a transverse section of the ice-pan' and drip- M y invention relates to the devices for slipporting the ice in refrigerating-cars and for carrying off the drip, the object beili g to provide for free circulation of air and preventthe drip from condensation falling into the car.

l Lhe improvements relate to the special coilstruction, arrangelnent, and support ot' the iee-panand drip-trough within the car, all of which will be hereinat'ter fully described, and the special improvements which are believedV ters Patent will then be poilited outdetin-itcly in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents a refrigeratorcar ot' any well-known construction and general features-that is, so far as the walls, roof, and Iioor are concerned. I shall Ilot enter into a detailed description of the ear in these particuiars, as they constitute no part ot1 my present invent-ion, and any style may be adopted suitable for the purpose, though I have shown in thedrawings the construction ot the car generally known as the 'IiE-any.7

An ice-pan, B, is provided, nearly as long as the car, and with its sides inclined or V-shaped, as shown in the drawings. These sides may be arranged at any convenient angle, preferably not'less than forty-tive degrees, however; and the pan may be made. of any suitable meta-l, though I prefer to use galvanized iron. The pan is made water-tight, except as here iuafterdescribed, and is of solnewhatless width than the interior of the car. A series of small lis introduced to fill the pans.

to the angle made by the meeting of the two sides; or the holes may be in the angle; or a narrow slit maybe left at the angle; and the pan is also provided with a series of slats, C, preferably ot wood, on which the icerests when placedinthispan. Theseslatslnayrunlength wise or `crosswise of the pan. I have shown the former arrangement, which is the one I prefer.

In the upper part ot' the cara series ot' metallic straps or hangers, I), are arranged, being attached to the sides ot' the car and inclining` downward as they extend inward, to corre spond with the slope ot the sides of the pan, which is supported on theseha-n gers. The pan reaches nearly to the top of the car, but space is left sufficient for the free circulation of air, which is also provided for by the open spaces at the sides ot' the pan, so that free circulation of air is allowed around the pan and ill contact with the ice. Strips ot' wood E are arranged oli the hangers between the-ln and the pau,' which provides for the arrangement ot' a trough or glitter, F, underneath the lower portion of the pan. This gutter may be of sheet metal, and is arranged upon the hangers, being fitted underneath the wooden strips E, the latter extending not quite down to the aligle ot the pan, as showli in Fig. 4 ot' the drawings. I prefer, however, to make the gutter of wood, for this will prevent condensation on the under surface, which would produce a slight drip into the car. When the glitter is made of metal it is desirable to line its under'surtace with wooden strips G, fitting the space between the hangers and covering the under sides of the gutter. These lining-strips may be attached to the gutter in anysuitable way, or supported o'n the cross-bars in the inside of the ear, as may be convenient. The gutter has a diplor inclination toward one end ofthe car, in which is arranged a waste-pipe, H,into which the gutter discharges. The waste-pipev leads down to a trap, I, at the bottom of the car, where the waste wateris emptied from time to time.

Suitable openings are provided in the roof of the cars' above the pans, through which ice These openings must of course be protected by doors and plugs, as usual, to prevent the escape of air. The waste from the ice escapes through the IOO openings in the bottom ofthe pan to the gutter, and is discharged into the waste-pipe. The sloping sides ot' the pan also carry all the moisture formed by condensation on the under surface into the gutter, thereby preventing drip into the body ofthe car upon the articles which may be placed therein. Obviously, therefore, the car will be kept substantially dry. At the same time a large surface of ice is provided, running the length ofthe car, over and around which a free circulation of air is allowed, so that the air within the car will be satisfactorily refrigerated. A cold dry car is thus provided, within which perishable substances may be transported successfully from place to place.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a refrigerator-car, the car root' or ceiling, in combination with a V-shapcd ice-pan arranged 'lengthwise ot' the car, and Vsupported as'hortdistance from the ceiling, whereby open spaces are provided between the side edges of the pan andthe ceiling for the free circulation of air, substantially as described.

2. ln a refrigerator-car, anice-pan provided with inclined or sloping sides lwith waste-openings at the bottom, in combination with a sepa rate waste-gntterarranged underneath the pan, substantially as described.

separate waste-gutter, F, arranged underneaththe angle of the pan, and hangers D, substantially as described.

4. rEhe icepan 'B, having sloping sides,'in combination'with the hangers D, wooden strips E, and gutter F, substantially as described.

5. The car-body A, in combination with the sloping ice-pan B, ot less width than the interior ot' the car, and arranged lengthwise in the upper part ot' the latter on suitable supports, and aseparate waste-gutter, F, substantially as described.

6. Theice-pan provided with sloping sides, in combination with thewaste-gutter F and separate waste-pipe H, substantially as described.

7. The sloping ice-pan B, in combination with the separa-te metallic gutter F and wooden sheathing-strips G, arranged to cover the under sides of the gutter, substantially asanl for the purpose set t'orth.

CHARLES F. PIERCE.

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JNO. C.' MACGREGOR, M. B. GAGE. 

